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"Bowser's Airship earns a strong BrickScore of 83.3 and a unanimous "buy" from all three reviewers — its ingenious fold-out dual-mode design, game-accurate looks, and rare recolor parts make it the most impressive LEGO Super Mario expansion to date, even if the absence of Bowser himself and a paper manual sting a little."
All three reviewers recommend buying Bowser's Airship, praising it as a standout in the LEGO Super Mario line that feels more like a traditional LEGO set than a typical play expansion. The folding/dual-mode mechanism — transforming between a compact flying display form and an open course play form — is universally highlighted as a genuinely clever design achievement. Aesthetics are faithful to the source games, the build is varied and enjoyable, and the set earns its price tag. The main criticisms are minor: no Bowser or Bowser Jr. figures included, no paper instruction manual, some app/firmware bugs at launch, and slight flimsiness when transitioning between modes.
Where they split: Reviewers were broadly in agreement. The one mild split is on minifigure quality: BricksFanz scored them notably lower (65) than The Rambling Brick (82), with BricksFanz specifically lamenting the absence of Bowser/Bowser Jr. and wanting more Koopa Klan variety, while The Rambling Brick praised the three included enemy figures as well-designed. Otherwise, verdicts were tightly aligned.
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"Bowser's Airship is for me a special highlight of the new Super Mario sets. It is the first set that for me at first glance not only looks like a typical Mario play set, but also stands on its own as a good figure."
Zusammengebaut"It's one of my favourite of the LEGO Super Mario sets, partly due to being so contained and more like a traditional set but also thanks to all the fun play features."
BricksFanz"Bowser's Airship is for me a special highlight of the new Super Mario sets. It is the first set that for me at first glance not only looks like a typical Mario play set, but also stands on its own as a good figure."
"It's one of my favourite of the LEGO Super Mario sets, partly due to being so contained and more like a traditional set but also thanks to all the fun play features."
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